Video games and TV sets could be subject to a 1% sales tax in New Mexico if a coalition of environmental groups has its way.
As reported by the
Huffington Post:
The tax idea, initiated by the Sierra Club, would raise an estimated $4 million a year, to fund programs aimed at giving school kids an outdoors education.
Michael Casaus, the New Mexico youth representative for the Sierra Club, referred to the tax proposal as part of the “Leave No Child Inside” movement, and said:
We believe it is such a nominal tax that consumers won’t feel it too much, especially if they are educated about where that money goes.
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If gamers live in New Mexico, they will sonn be paying an additional 1% tax when they feed their gameing habit --!
i do hope tax about videos games will not be spread out to all over world LOL,or we will cost a lot when we play thousands of new mmorpgs
